EP 1090692 A2 20010411 - Method of optimizing a mail sorting process
Title (en)
Method of optimizing a mail sorting process
Title (de)
Verfahren zum Optimieren eines Postgutsortierverfahrens
Title (fr)
Méthode d'optimisation d'un processus de tri postal
Publication
Application
Priority
IT TO990865 A 19991007
Abstract (en)
There is described a method of optimizing a mail sorting process having a first and at least a second sorting cycle performed in succession on a sorting machine (1), which receives a group of mail items (2) at an input (I) and supplies, at its outputs (U), the mail items (2) identified and separated according to given sorting rules; in a given sorting cycle, the mail items (2) being fed to the outputs (U) of the machine (1) according to a predetermined respective sorting criterion, and then being fed in orderly manner back into the input (I) of the machine (1) for a following sorting cycle; each output of the sorting machine (1) being assigned at least one respective delivery location according to an assignment criterion related to the delivery order of the mail items in the delivery locations. The optimization method includes the steps of: assigning to a first group of delivery locations a first sorting identifier indicating to which sorting cycles the mail items in the first group of delivery locations are to be subjected, and to a second group of delivery locations a second sorting identifier indicating to which sorting cycles the mail items in the second group of delivery locations are to be subjected, the first and second sorting identifiers being different from each other; and subjecting each of the mail items to the sorting cycles indicated by the respective sorting identifiers. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B07C 3/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/00 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 10/08 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 209/90 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1090692 A2 20010411; EP 1090692 A3 20020502; EP 1090692 B1 20080319; AT E389465 T1 20080415; DE 60038347 D1 20080430; DE 60038347 T2 20090430; IT 1307718 B1 20011114; IT TO990865 A0 19991007; IT TO990865 A1 20010407; US 6576857 B1 20030610
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 00121776 A 20001005; AT 00121776 T 20001005; DE 60038347 T 20001005; IT TO990865 A 19991007; US 68074800 A 20001006